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Back in the Bible room today, we are continuing to read the Gospel of John with Session 8, the summaries of chapters 16 and 17.

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John

Session 8

Chapter 16. Ask

I have been telling you all these things to keep you from stumbling:

• You will be banned from the synagogues;
• They will try to kill you thinking they are serving God;
• They do this because they do not know the Father nor Me;
• I want you to remember all these things I have told you;
• Soon, I am going back to the Father who sent Me;
• And none of you are asking where I am going;
• I know that you are being overcome with sorrow;
• But it will be to your benefit for me to leave;
• The Helper can only come to you when I send Him;
• When He gets here He will convict the world of sin,
• Of righteousness, and of judgement:
• Their sin is that they do not believe in Me;
• Of righteousness, because I am gone from the world;
• Judgement, because the ruler of this world is judged;
• There is still much I would like to tell you,
• But you would not be able to bear it all now;
• When the Spirit of truth comes, He will tell you all truth;
• He will tell you of things that are coming;
• He will tell you everything about Me;
• Soon, I am leaving, but soon after that I will return to you;
• In a little while I am going to be with the Father;
• The disciples murmur among themselves:
• Asking what Jesus means by what He is saying to them;
• Jesus knows what they are murmuring about;
• So, He asks them: Are you wondering about what I said,
• That I was leaving soon, but would be returning soon?
• Surely, you will weep and lament,
• But the world will rejoice while you are full of sorrow;
• But your sorrow will be turned into joy,
• As a woman gives birth to a child after the anguish of labor;
• I will see you again and your joy will never be taken away;
• You will no longer ask anything of Me;
• But whatever you ask the Father in My name,
• He will give you; Ask, and you will receive, and be joyful;
• Until now, I have spoken to you in figurative language;
• But soon I will be telling you plainly about the Father;
• And in that day you will ask the Father in My name;
• I will no longer need to pray the Father for you;
• The Father Himself loves you, and you have loved Me;
• And you believe that I have come from God,
• And I will be leaving this world and returning to God;
• The disciples suddenly see what Jesus is talking about;
• They say no one should be doubting Jesus is from God;
• So, Jesus says to them: Do you now believe?
• Soon, you will all be scattered to your own places;
• But I will not be left alone, as the Father is with Me;
• I have told you all these things that you may have peace;
• In the world there is trouble, but I have overcome the world.

Chapter 17. Finished

Lifting His eyes to heaven, Jesus prays these words:

• Father, the hour has come, Glorify your Son,
• That Your Son may glorify You;
• You have given Him authority to give eternal life
• To everyone You have given Him;
• Eternal life means that they may know You, the true God,
• And Jesus Christ whom You have sent;
• I have glorified You, and finished the work You sent me to do;
• And now, Father, glorify Me with Yourself together again
• As We were before the world was created;
• I have revealed You to these men You gave Me;
• They were Yours and You gave them to Me;
• And they have kept Your word;
• And they know that everything You gave Me, came from You;
• I have given to them the words that You gave to Me;
• They have received them, and believe that You sent Me;
• I pray for them, not for the world, but for those You gave Me;
• All Mine are Yours, Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them;
• I am no longer in the world, but they are still here;
• Keep them through Your name that they be one, as We are;
• While I was with them, I kept them, except for the one–
• The son of perdition that would fulfill the Scripture;
• Now, I am coming to You, leaving them with words of joy;
• I have given them Your word, and the world has hated them
• As they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world;
• I do not pray that You take them from the world,
• But that You keep them from the evil one;
• Set them apart by Your truth, Your word is truth;
• As You sent Me into the world, I have sent them to the world;
• For them I sanctify Myself, so they may be sanctified by truth;
• Besides these, I am also praying for everyone who will believe;
• That they all may be one in Us as we are One;
• The glory that You gave Me I gave them that they be one;
• I in them, and You in Me, that the world may see and believe;
• Father, I desire that those you gave Me can always be with Me
• That they may be able to see My glory which You gave me
• Before the foundation of the world;
• The world has not known you, Father, but I have known You;
• And these have known that You sent Me;
• That the love with which You loved Me, may be in them also.

End of Session 8 of the book of John.